Well sir I certainly have not trained in Japan. I was training at Karl Geis dojo in Houston and the gentleman I mentioned was visiting from Japan he was a medical doctor working on research here at our Medical Center. He was a very skilled Judoka who Sensei Geis had leading our classes the entire time he was in Houston which was several years. This was while Sensei was undergoing some major surgery he usually watched our classes from his chair on the sidelines and added what ever needed to be said along the way.
I was a big young strong guy at the time and I competed occasionally, nothing worth mentioning really, but there where a group of us who where the competitors of the dojo and we all had an agreement to go a little harder with each other to prepare for shiai. I had no problems with being tossed about it was by agreement. Thanks for you’re over sight in moving this as it was a bit off topic although I don’t see how it deserves the band width of starting a thread over, I am just not that important Sir! -----Lots of laughter
I also do not like the direction Judo has taken just in the brief time I have been in the martial arts but I am not at all interested in taking up the banner to try and change it either. I have a few long time judo friends who are like brothers to me but I am not involved in the judo community anymore.
Chris McLean
Martial Arts student